>> by how much did you cut them by that? >> not true. that was a moment mixing it up tonight president barack obama and rana's speaking at the night's second presidential debate. our top story seen tonight fighting for the presidency with their word and their ideas decision 2012 is on the line for president barack obama and romney the two squaring off at hofstra university in new york the debate is in a town hall format president barack obama reminded voters that romney didn't support the bailout of the auto industry and a tangle over what romney meant when he said let detroit go bankrupt.

>> to say i wanted to take the auto industry bankrupt, you actually did and i think it's important now that was a process that was necessary to get those companies back on their feet so they could start hiring more people that was precisely what i recommended and ultimately what happens. >> what governor romney said just isn't true, you wanted to take them into bankruptcy without providing them any way to stay open and we would have lost 1 million jobs. >> join us for analysis with the hash tagged wgn 20 12th you know 25 minutes into the debate there were reports of 1 million related to bade tweets. debate tweets. we would hear from some voters live after tom skilling forecast. lance

shut down tonight creating a real headache for drivers in addition the installation of the towers and concrete removal as a bridge rail on the metro rock line they said there are detours posted while the dan ryan expressway lane is open to trucks right now in one hour but they will be completely cleared off as well they're supposed to be open again tomorrow morning at 5:00 a.m. 4500 students on the north shore again another day off they struck in highland park and high wood and it led to the cancellation of classes for yet a second day. negotiations are still going on here in highland park and in high wood but to the two sides i am told remain far apart on agreements the teachers' union tells me it is being bullied by the school board tonight. the board has

been lying about our proposal, you all know that. the strike affecting 400 teachers in 4300 students then these affluent north shore communities comes down to the abuse over salary increases. teachers spend $30,000 on continuing education because the district approved the lane changes and courses and now they say groups, we don't want to do that anymore. whoops we

don't want to do that anymore. >> we don't take lavish vacations or drive expensive cars but if we cannot maintain our standard of living i'm going to have to look for a job elsewhere. >> officials from district 112 could not talk on camera today but they said in a statement that the board offered to pay professional growth for teachers to complete graduate course work and that board members still believed it is possible to override a fair settlement that will allow the district within its means. and while some students were able to attend activities sessions today there was no class instruction parents told this is short-lived. i definitely sympathize with the teachers and a solid contract that they deserve but we also need to be fiscally responsible.

the mother is dead and her two sons hurd after a metro train struck her that on the south side, police said she was hurrying to get into school and she drove around the lord crossing gates. >> we're getting new information tonight on the progress of the two young boys. one that sun will be released from the hospital tomorrow he suffered some bruises and cuts to his face but john king will be spending his sixth birthday in the hospital tomorrow he had surgery to repair two broken legs and is also suffering from a skull fracture but is doing ok and is expected to recover.

what neither of them realize yet is that they do not any longer have a mother. she was waiting in traffic around a 15 this morning when the mini van in front of him drove around the lord crossing gates in an attempt to beat the train. normally a freight train wasis slow but this trend was coming fast so she must have thought she could make it. next thing you know the train collector into a just tumbled and tumbled it was just a horrific thing to see. inside the vehicle was the 26 year-old and her two boys. they

were thankful to find out that the boys will recover. she was a wonderful mother, anything she had to do her kids came first in a matter what was going on in her life she says it's possible for sister was running late getting the boys to school and she thought she could beat the train she is hoping her debt service as a reminder to other drivers out there. anybody watching out there please do not ignore the safety signals do not go around any dates or any lights. family members tell me that her husband williams is still in shock tonight staying here at the hospital with his two boys and trying to figure of how to tell himthem that their mother is no longer with them. a canadian border patrol agent is recovering from a gunshot wound to the neck he turned the gun on

himself it's happening near the peace arch border crossing in bling washington those on the scene say the agent was shot in the neck by a man in a van with washington state license plates. the canadian government shut down the lanes going into canada after that, taking a different approach to get the justice they want the alleged victim's of john birds changed course into what really happened would hear from the bartender who says he saw what congressman jesse jackson jr. did at the d.c. bar with your flu vaccine doesn't actually stop the flow? new research in what is becoming a false tradition. new at the zoo is this little bundle of fur. you are watching chicagos very onowned wgn news.

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i want justice into my son wants justice to we want justice for all of the torture victims. >> justice has been creeping at a slow pace so another suit has been filed to try to speed up the process. if forgotten group of men were forgotten because they had been locked away behind bars for decades, the former chicago police commander and men working with them are facing charges of torture and suspects held in police custody until they confess to crimes that they did not commit. my son was

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sentenced in 2011 to four and a half years in prison for lying about torture. congressman jesse jackson jr. speaks to a reporter for the first time since taking medical leave four months ago he was treated for bipolar disorder and is now under federal investigation for how he spent campaign funds reportedly, the daily found him sitting on the stoop of his washington home with his father and a cigar on monday he told the reporter market structure that he is not well and is going to doctors appointments twice a day he spoke to us by phone. >> he said i was picking up my kids when your photographers army so he was volunteering this information basically that he wanted to get it out there that he was not loping aroundout looping

around and he is being responsible. >> he has not spoken to his constituents even though he remains on the november ballot. no halloween, school officials are trying to cancel the holiday but parents are fighting back. it is clear outside now and actually a little warmer. tom skilling forecast in just a few minutes. i was once used for small

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>> in tonight's medical watch a new non invasive test for colon cancer the fear and discomfort associated with the colonoscopy the gold standard for cancer screenings prevents many people from finding the disease but not a blood test which measures dna changes associated with cancers and precancerous in the colon is proving effective. a scientists say it is 98 percent accurate in detecting colon cancer and 83 percent effective at detecting pre cancers. women do develop more fat around the midsection during menopause do to hormonal changes according to the menopause society women

should not use it as an excuse to attack on pounds with can lead to high blood pressure or heart disease or diabetes. money is getting in the way of medicine which may mean that your flu shot is not as good as it should be in protecting you from getting sick. current shots are only 50% of effective. doctors say that mass production of current marginal vaccines is overshadowing research and production of more powerful protection against the flu but the same doctors admit to the method to get the flu shot should still be the same since it is the best protection we have right now. back to you. >> halloween dates back to pick and * but it's been meeting its end in this scope. parents are voicing concerns over halloween bands. as it stands right now by

order of the district's superintendent says they have been taken over around the idea of a halloween ban for a few e years now and there are quite a few parents who backed the decision every year there are kids who have to sit out the fun and the district says every year that number gets a little bit larger. quite a few parents

think they may just keep their kids home to celebrate the holiday. you can find a link to that on our web site. the school district says the final chapter on this is not really britney at parents say they reserve the right to change their mind. >> * whiting is looking like halloween there. storms add more to halloween. he looks at rain for the next few days even if the '70s to stick around for a few days. a 20 year-old barbeque sauce that may be just the thing for the biggest bulls fans. i will crack down on china

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we have had some beautiful weather this all of them from kankakee stay part state park. you know that we are headed for day #4 in the '70s tomorrow we will talk some more about that in just a bit. a big

cool down late in the week that could include some waterspouts by friday. the average is six and we are actually running behind on the other hand look at the '60s. there was the cool air up in northern north america. fairly mild temperatures each of those readings near the normal daytime highs for this time of year. we are 14 degrees warmer

than we were 24 hours ago. you can through the windows open tonight and depend only on a little blanket it's going to be gusty. highs today past 70. you can see the wind gusts here. 63 tonight in lake geneva.

powerhouse winds coming out of the mountains. let me just show you some of these cameras use out west, this is the weather system the storm taking shape and a look at some of these wind gusts going out here in colorado and montana. it's been a windy afternoon and evening right there as you can see. there are 16 states. each one of these under some form of wind advisory. look at them blowing

at 50 mi. per hour or more out west of us. these wins will be roaring all the way down to texas and we will be in the middle of this thing watching clouds and moisture. there is the storm taking shape tonight. we're going to have some rain around here by mid and late afternoon. here's a look at our model forecast. morning sunshine

and lots of it tomorrow clouding over rather expeditiously in the afternoon with showers and storms developing midafternoon and late '70s. we will have a high of 59 with temperatures tanking after that. obviously lots of news tonight we're going back to the news room. i don't

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obama supporters thought he didn't do very well in the first debate. how did he do this time? >> pig definitely thought he could have shown a little bit more enthusiasm. the last time. we have been hitting different communities tonight we are hitting the african-american community is a very large voting block for both campaigns tonight and a lot of supporters here say this debate is particularly important for them because of that reason because of the last time around obama was criticized for not showing as much enthusiasm as he should have so we thought we would get some reaction from some of them on how they thought he did tonight. let's start with courteney how are you doing thank you for joining us. we talk about this lack of enthusiasm the first time around this time are you happy with the level that show? >> i'm extremely happy i think

he was a lot more aggressive and enthusiastic. i want to move on to dr. neil winston, your thoughts on that. i was able to put my hope sure back on today and one of the things i want to eco is the presidential way that the barack obama came across which was missing from the initial debate, he really talked about how he had a full plate and he handles everything on that plate not everyone's idea of perfection but he has handled the issues of war, the economy making wall street survive, gm. a lot of people would disagree with you and say that governor romney did very well tonight where do think he succeeded? >> this thing that governor

romney showed me is why he is king of the border because he can take any issue into spinet incredibly well and i paused a few times today but the fact of the matter is that he did not into still has not said specifically what to deductions he will do to bring the debt under control. did you expected to be more fiery tonight? >> i really did. but i think he did well even though he faced a lot of criticism in the last debate. thank you to the both of you for joining us. a viewpoint today on how obama did this second time around so we will send it back to you in the studio. we will go to the romney side of supporters. how did

romney do? >> he did very well i think what you would your tomorrow is that most analysts were neutral will say pretty much a drop they were both strong they both had their moments they both had their challenges this evening but i think both did very well and there was so much pressure on romney tonight because everything was expected to be on obama attacking. it was a building process and of course at first they started talking about oil and they started fighting with each other. that's when everything continued at that pace after that i think probably the toughest question was the libya issue into got through in about an hour in 10 minutes before it hits but it had to and i think that was tough i think his approach was supposed to be unemotional to

say i'm the one that has to greet the casket but romney got some very strong winds on him and i know we have sound bites. >> he called the arizona lot a model for the nation part of it said that law enforcement officers could stop folks because they suspected maybe they looked like they were undocumented workers and check the paperstheir papers, if my daughter corridor's looked to somebody like they are not a citizen >> will play the romney side in a minute but that was the president having his strong moment tonight on immigration. that's probably the one topic that romney hoped would not come up tonight. of course governor romney got up and basically said no that's not what i said you are parsing my words let me clarify. but on the libya moment

romney has his moments. >> the president, the day after that happened flies to las vegas for a political fund-raiser and to colorado for another political event i think these actions taken by a president in dean witter have symbolic significance to real significance. >> they both approached this as a political question and issue because president barack obama also said romney issued a press release when this happened but with the libyan issue the president tried to be unemotional with that i will say as that dialogue went on the president wanted some final words. candy crowley did an excellent job of controlling i think i give props for her. she did a strong job the president wanted to get some final words

and paul lisneck our political analyst thank you for joining us tonight. an adorable new edition to the gorilla exhibit at lincoln park soo. how much is a job of mcdonald's barbeque sauce worth to you? later in sports some signs of movement on the nhl labor front a new offer by the lead brings some optimism that the season might be safe.

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life opens up when you do. we're not used to doing birth announcements but this one is special and a brand new baby girl has been born at the lincoln park zoo it is a baby western loland le the baby's gender is yet to be determined and it still doesn't have a name it joins a troop of six guerrilla including its 17 year- old mother. the new baby gorilla makes its public debut tomorrow at the lincoln park zoo. very cute. tom skilling has our 7 day forecast. don't you have a feeling that michael would come home with every animal that we

display on the news? we have a nice day on the way tomorrow. we have a big storm developing to the west and it will rain in the afternoon from mid and late afternoon forward and vigorously look at that thing wind up right there. that will be right over us, late thursday friday. look at the storms' blowing up tomorrow coming through here from midnight to toman night. it could be mixed with some ice pellets or small hail remember that happen in a couple weeks ago we can do that again and other showers are rotating through here thursday night. that is a fast-moving system. look at the reins these

numbers keep growing off of our computer models. the latest one has over an inch of rain. 92 mi. per hour winds and i down in wyoming. 70 tomorrow. see you tomorrow. >> a rare piece of michael

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scheduled beginning november 2nd? that's part of a new proposal from nhl owners to players that also includes a 5050 revenue split, is significant move by the owners' players will look at that if they don't accept but at the very least it's a starting point for serious negotiations. we very much want to preserve a two game season and in that light we made a proposal and an offer really it is our best shot at preserving and 82 game regular season and playoffs. our hope is that after we review this there will be a feeling on the players' side that this is a proposal from which we can negotiate to try to reach a conclusion. >> good news for some of the young black cox talent now setting up the lockout in rockfordblack hawks talent.

in the second, and they doing work on defense. he bounced it off of the floor to jimmy dollar. the bulls went 100-94. i really don't care, i'm sorry i know all of our fans care i love seeing notre dame out there in having stories about notre dame that's why we came here but i really don't give any thought position 08 has to whether that is a better post position for us

than any other. game 3 of the n. alcs in detroit the tigers' lead the yankees to-nothing in the game the yankees have only two hits off of just in berlin there. many of his former teammates spent the evening at studio parish. derrick rose was eating nachos with cheese sauce. that is the news for this tuesday night we are happy you shared your time with us.